Vespinae

Ebrahimi, Ebrahim & Carpenter, James M., 2008, Catalog of the vespid wasps of Iran (Hymenoptera, Vespidae), Zootaxa 1785, pp. 1-42 : 38

Subfamily Vespinae Laicharting

Three genera of this subfamily were collected. The following key allows separation of the genera known from Iran.

1. Vertex long, distance between posterior ocelli and occiput twice the distance between posterior ocelli and compound eye ( Fig. 86 ) ...................................................................................................... Vespa Linnaeus - Vertex short, distance between posterior ocelli and occiput shorter than or equal to distance between posterior ocelli and compound eye ( Fig. 81 ) ....................................................................................................2 2. Pronotal carina present laterally ( Fig. 89 ); malar space longer than the last antennal article ( Fig. 88 ) ........ ............................................................................................................................... Dolichovespula Rohwer - Pronotal carina absent ( Fig. 84 ); malar space shorter than the last antennal article ( Figs. 82–83, 85, 87 ) .. ......................................................................................................................................... Ves p ul a Thomson

Figures

FIGURES 81 – 87. Characters of Vespinae. 81 – 84, Vespula germanica (Fabricius). 81, head in dorsal view. 82, head in frontal view. 83, head in lateral view. 84, pronotum in lateral view. 85 – 87, Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, head. 85, lateral view. 86, dorsal view. 87, frontal view. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURES 88 – 89. Characters of Vespinae, Dolichovespula sylvestris (Scopoli). 88, head in frontal view. 89, pronotum in lateral view. Scale bars = 1 mm.